Alternate-current motor and generator.



FYNN, of 18 I London, England, electrical engineer, have the power factor of polyphase commutator vALnnn ALFRED rYNn,

ALTERNATE-CURRENT MOTOR AND GENERATOR.

i Application fil ed December To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that .I, VAI iuurALrnEn Blessington' road, Blackheath,

invented certain newand useful Improvements in Alternate-Current Motors and Generators, of which the following is va specification.

invention relates to alternate'current' motors but I do. not herein-claim the-invention as applied to other than polyphase commutator motors with a shunt characteristic, other features of the inventionbeing'. set forth in certain divisional applica-' 'l. he object of myinvention is to control motors with a shunt characteristic.

I achieve my object by impressing on the winding responsible for the motor field corresponding to each motor phase a resultant E. M.'F. he components of which diiier in phase. In this manner'I am able to adjust the phase of the motor field with respect to the phase of the working E. M. F. and sincethe phase of the back'E. M. F. along the working axis of a motor depends on the phase of the motor field I am also able to adjust the phase of this back E. M. F. with respect to that of the working EqM. F.- .thns controlling the power factor of the I motor by influencing the phase relation be .ing

tween the working E. 'M. F.

current. will first describe my invention as apand the Workplied to a single phase separately excited shunt induction motor shown in Figure 1 and afterward as applied to a neutralized and separately excited two-phase ,conduc-- tion motor as shown in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings.

-Referring to Fig. 1, I derive the energy necessary for the operation of the motor from one of the phases, say 1,, 2, to which I connect the main inducing winding 7 of the motor. I This energy is inch ctively transmittedto the rotor 8 carrying a com muted winding 'short-circuited by the brushes 9, 10. The regulating device 11 includedin the circuit 7.is any known and convenientdevice such as would be used in alternate current practice for the purpose of starting. the motor or for regulating the same. I furtherimpress onthe field winding 12 disposed in the motor field axis, an

Specification of Lctterslatent.

tion filed by melWIarchG, 1909, Serial ,No.

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. Patented J an. 11, 1910.

21, 1906. Serial No. 843,907.

on Tand capable of being regulated at 11. By adjusting the relative values of the two component E. M. F.s impressed on 12 I alter the phase of the motor field relatively to .tl'lephase of the working E; M. F..and thus compensate the motor. Byvarying the magnitude of both component'sin the same proportion .I vary the magnitude of the inotor'field and hence the speed of the motor without materially infiuencingthephase of said motor field 9 In Fig. 2 the two phase mains an; indicated at 1, 2, and 3, 4. Vindings .17, 18 are neutralizing windings, whereas 12 and 19 .are the field windings. The rotor 8 carries a commuted winding and brushes 9, 10 and 20, 21. The motor receives energy from phase 1, 2, by way of 11, the neutralizing winding 18 and the brushes 9, 10; it also receives energy from phase 3, 1 by way of 11 the brushes 20, 21 and the neutralizing winding 17. Inorder to produce a-torque with thecurrent in 8- along 9, 10 and dederived from 3, l by way of 16 and 22. hen stands on point 5 of 12 then only the E. M. F. derived from 3, 1 is impressed on. 19. In order to produce a torque with the current in 8 along 20, 21 and derived from 1, I impress on 122m E. M. F. .derived from 1, Q, by way of 15 and23. \Vhen 23 stands on point 6 of 19 then only the E. M. F. derived from 1,2 is impressed on 12. Thus 12- and 19 may be regarded as the primaries of two independent transfornr crs, the phase of the E. M. F. impressed on the one primary differing by about 90 from the phase of the E. M. F. impressed on the other. Now according to this invenditlering in phaseon each of the motor field windings. I achieve this in the example shown in Fig. 2 by making use of the field windings themselves as transformed wind- 'ings from which to derive a second E. M. F. for each 01' my field windings. For this purpose I displace 2'2 from point 5, thus impressing on 19 a second E. M. F. here rived from 1, 2, I impress on 19 an E. M. Ff

by meansfor instance of the transformer in quadrature with the E. M. FL impressed tion I must impress at least two E. M. F.s

derived from 12 and practically ,in phase quadrature with the E. M. F. already impressed on 19.and derivedfrom 3, 4-. For the same purpose I also displace 23 from 5 pzoint. 6 thus impressing on 122. second M. F. here'derived from 19 and practically in phase quadrature with the E. M. F. alreadyii'npressed on 12 and derived from l, 2. I adjust the compensation of'my motor by varying the relative magnitude of the two component E. M. F.s impressed on each of the field windings and I vary the magnitude of the motor fields by varying in the same proportion both of the component i M. F.s impressed on each of the field windings. i Claims:

1. In a polyphase motor the combination with a revolving member adapted to carry v current conductively impressed along as many axes as there are motor phases, said axes being stationaryin space, of: a stationary member carrying a. neutralizing winding for each phase, each of said neutraliz- 5 ing windings being coaxially disposed with reference to one of the said stationary axes and connected in series relation with the revolving member along that axis, a field winding for each phase, the axis of said "winding being displaced from that. of the corresponding neutralizing Winding and connections for impressing on each field winding at least two E. M. F.s dilfcring in phase. p 2. In a polyphase motor the combination with a revolving member adapted to carry current conductively impressed along as many axes as. there are motor phases, said I axes being stationary in space, of a stationary member carrying a neutralizing winding for each phase, each of said neutralizin windings being coaxially disposed with reference to one of the said stationary axes and connected in series relation with the revolving member along that axis, a. field with a revolving member adapted to carry current conductively nnpressed along as many axes as there are motor phases, said series relation with the revolving member along that axis, a field winding for each phase displaced by 180/11 degrees with respect to the corresponding neutalizing winding and connections for impressing on each field winding two E. M. Es differing in phase.

In a polyphase motor the combination with a revolving member, provided with a commuted-winding, of a stationary member provided wih a neutralizing winding and a hold winding for each phase, each neutralizing winding being displaced from the corresponding field winding by lSO/n degrees, means in series relation with each neutralizing winding for conveying a working current through the commuted winding along the axis of the corresponding neutralizing winding and connections for impressing on each field winding at least two E. M. F .s differing in phase.

5. In a polyphase motor the combination with a revolving member provided with a commuted winding of a stationary member provided with a neutralizing winding and a field winding for each phase, each neutralizing winding being displaced from the corresponding field winding by 180/n degrees, means in series relation with each neutralizing winding for conveying a working current through the commuted winding along the axis of the corresponding neutralizing winding, connections for impressing on each field winding one E. M. F. derived from the mains and connections for impressing another E. M. F. differing in phase from the first and derived from another field winding.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VALER-E ALFRED FYNN.

lVitnesses GonnoN MELVILLE CLARK, Ronnu'r MILTON SPEARPOINT. 

